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Obscure Pop - UK Charts 1987 Trivia Quiz

Are you a "Child of the 80s"? 1987 was quite a year in the "Soundtrack to my teens". How many of these songs and artists can you remember?

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
312,790

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1993

Question 1 of 10

1. Glenn and Chris had a UK hit single with the song "Diamond Lights", but were actually much more famous for their 'day jobs'.
What did they do for a living? Hint

TV presenters

Soccer players

Journalists

Gay rights activists

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which artist sang "Voyage Voyage" in French?

Answer: (One Word 10 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who sang "Mother, I'm running out of change"? Hint

That Petrel Emotion

New Order

Martin Stevenson and the Daintees

Spear of Destiny

4. How good are your powers of deduction?
This song was a number four hit, for its composer, on the UK Singles Chart in 1987.
It is a "protest song", inspired by harrowing news footage from South Africa, and has been covered by The Flying Pickets, Michael Ball, and Gary Og among others.
Kenny Rogers used it as the title track to one of his albums, and it was performed by a gospel choir at a tribute concert for Rosa Parks.
Who is the writer? Hint

Joan Baez

Youssou N'Dour

Labi Siffre

Bob Dylan

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the song with his name in the title, who said these lines?
"I want to be a soldier, street fighter, be a policeman
A captain of a boat - big boat."

Hint

Thomas

Johnny

Luke

Matthew

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Question 6 of 10

6. What completes these lyrics?
"Come up to my place
Let's _____" Hint

Talk the talk

Get down to it

Live it up

Make out

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who sang these lines?
"Can't move my arms,
To hold nobody,
To hold nobody but you"

Answer: (Two Words 7,10 no 'the')

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Question 8 of 10

8. Can you complete this line?
"Hey, what do I hear you say?
(what do I hear you say?)
You know it ______" Hint

Takes two to play this way

Doesn't have to be this way

Wasn't supposed to turn out this way

Took us both to end this way

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who sang these words?
"We dream of deserts,
And fast motorbikes" Hint

Scarlet Fantastic

Flashlight Brown

Vicious Pink

Tangerine Dream

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who sang these lyrics?
"You love the ones that you betray" Hint

The Farm

The Damned

The Hooters

The Pogues

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Glenn and Chris had a UK hit single with the song "Diamond Lights", but were actually much more famous for their 'day jobs'. What did they do for a living?

Answer: Soccer players

Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle were professional footballers (soccer players), when they got together to record "Diamond Lights". Much to the surprise of the listeners, it turned out that they could actually sing, and the song reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart.

2. Which artist sang "Voyage Voyage" in French?

Answer: Desireless

On it's first UK release in 1987, "Voyage Voyage" reached number 53 in the Singles Charts, however the 1988 remix made it all the way to the Top 5.
The song was Desireless' only single to be released in the UK.

3. Who sang "Mother, I'm running out of change"?

Answer: Spear of Destiny

"Never Take Me Alive" reached number fourteen in the UK Singles Charts for Spear of Destiny. It was the only one of their singles to make it into the Top 30.

4. How good are your powers of deduction? This song was a number four hit, for its composer, on the UK Singles Chart in 1987. It is a "protest song", inspired by harrowing news footage from South Africa, and has been covered by The Flying Pickets, Michael Ball, and Gary Og among others. Kenny Rogers used it as the title track to one of his albums, and it was performed by a gospel choir at a tribute concert for Rosa Parks. Who is the writer?

Answer: Labi Siffre

British singer and composer Labi Siffre wrote "Something Inside So Strong" as an anti-apartheid anthem.
It was his biggest hit in the UK, and his first single release since 1972.

5. In the song with his name in the title, who said these lines? "I want to be a soldier, street fighter, be a policeman A captain of a boat - big boat."

Answer: Matthew

"Hey Matthew" took the form of a dialogue between singer Karel Fialka and his son Matthew, whilst watching television.
It reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart, and was Fialka's only hit.
His only other UK single release was "The Eyes Have It" which reached number 52 in 1980.

6. What completes these lyrics? "Come up to my place Let's _____"

Answer: Live it up

Australian band Mental as Anything spent 13 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1987 with "Live it Up"; the song peaked at number three.
This was their only UK single release.
(Source: "The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles: 10th Edition" - please don't tell me Wiki says 1985 for this one :-D )

7. Who sang these lines? "Can't move my arms, To hold nobody, To hold nobody but you"

Answer: Georgia Satellites

"Battleship Chains" reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart for the Georgia Satellites. They released two more singles in the UK, neither of which made it into the Top 60.

8. Can you complete this line? "Hey, what do I hear you say? (what do I hear you say?) You know it ______"

Answer: Doesn't have to be this way

"It Doesn't Have to be This Way" reached number five in the UK Singles Chart for The Blow Monkeys. It followed "Digging Your Scene" which had previously reached number 12.
The band released several other singles in the UK, but none of them made it into the Top 20.

9. Who sang these words? "We dream of deserts, And fast motorbikes"

Answer: Scarlet Fantastic

"No Memory" reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart for Scarlet Fantastic, and spent ten weeks altogether on the chart.
Their only other UK single release was called "Plug Me In (To the Central Love Line)" and (perhaps unsurprisingly with a name like that!) only reached number 67.

10. Who sang these lyrics? "You love the ones that you betray"

Answer: The Hooters

"Satellite" was the only single released by the Hooters in the UK, and reached number 22 in the charts.
It was also used in the episode "Amen...Send Money", of the hit TV show "Miami Vice".

Source: Author Rowena8482

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